Stolen Generation reunion a time of 'healing'

Members of the Stolen Generations are expected to gather in southern Queensland's South Burnett tonight, for a reunion of former residents of the Cherbourg Dormitory.

Reunion organiser Matthew Malone says he is expecting about 150 former residents at the reunion at Barambah, east of Murgon.

Mr Malone says many of those coming have not seen each other in almost 50 years.

"We're talking about people that were part of the dormitory system," he said.

"It's about people that were forced from their families and forced to live in a very rigid structure in a dormitory system that was run by the administrators of the community of Cherbourg at the time."

Mr Malone says it will be a time of healing for the former residents.

"This sort of event has been a long time coming and it's about time it happened," he said.

"Everybody needs to take that first step towards healing and I see this as an opportunity for everybody that's participating in this, as a first step in their healing journey."

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